The New Balance 496 isn’t a sneaker that we check up on too often, but we’ll make an exception this time around for Willie Nelons’s birthday. Pictured here is a pair of those sneakers that look to be from around 2002 and feature both his signature on the toe box and some embroidered script on the toebox. Continue reading to get a better look at Willie Nelson’s New Balances and then tell us down in the comments if you like them more than President Obama’s New Balances.
Happy 81st birthday to @willienelson from your fans at New Balance! Proud to be on your feet all these years. pic.twitter.com/d3aF1hn9pZ
— New Balance (@newbalance) April 29, 2014